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zboy2854 - Jul 7, 2005 - 10:30 am
Hello,
I have a Quicksilver G4 Mac that I want to have as a dual boot machine between OS 9.2 and 10.3.7. I was able to install 10.2 fine, but there's a bootup problem when I've tried to do the upgrade to 10.3.7 and have to restart the computer. Upon restarting, the machine just seems to hang, and the monitors stay off, and the only way to get the system back up is to physically turn off the computer and turn it on again. This problem only happens when I've booted into OS X. In OS 9, startups and reboots work okay.
However, I did recently replace the system hard drive, where I copied all the files from the old hard drive onto the new one. Since then, even when I boot up from OS 9.2, the screen always first shows a floppy disk icon with a question mark before it actually "finds" the operating system on the hard drive and boots up.
Could this be the problem why the system doesn't restart or boot with OS X? Thanks in advance.
I have a Quicksilver G4 Mac that I want to have as a dual boot machine between OS 9.2 and 10.3.7. I was able to install 10.2 fine, but there's a bootup problem when I've tried to do the upgrade to 10.3.7 and have to restart the computer. Upon restarting, the machine just seems to hang, and the monitors stay off, and the only way to get the system back up is to physically turn off the computer and turn it on again. This problem only happens when I've booted into OS X. In OS 9, startups and reboots work okay.
However, I did recently replace the system hard drive, where I copied all the files from the old hard drive onto the new one. Since then, even when I boot up from OS 9.2, the screen always first shows a floppy disk icon with a question mark before it actually "finds" the operating system on the hard drive and boots up.
Could this be the problem why the system doesn't restart or boot with OS X? Thanks in advance.
philippe99 - Jul 7, 2005 - 10:39 am
Manually copying visible files is not enough to create a bootable copy of a Mac Osx system: because of many hidden files a Unix system has and permissions rules.
To have a bootable copy of an OSX system, you have to clone the drive, either through the Restore function of DiskUtility or with the help of sharewares like SuperDuper
Whe you say "finds the OS", surely the mac is searching a valid OS... the 9.2 for instance: 9.x OS can be manually copied/moved with need of cloning
Phil
To have a bootable copy of an OSX system, you have to clone the drive, either through the Restore function of DiskUtility or with the help of sharewares like SuperDuper
Whe you say "finds the OS", surely the mac is searching a valid OS... the 9.2 for instance: 9.x OS can be manually copied/moved with need of cloning
Phil
zboy2854 - Jul 7, 2005 - 11:25 am
Hi Phil,
That's the weird thing. When I did the manual hard drive copy I only had OS 9.2 on there at the time. I installed OS 10.2 after that, so there shouldn't be any files missing from the OS X installation. Any other thoughts?
That's the weird thing. When I did the manual hard drive copy I only had OS 9.2 on there at the time. I installed OS 10.2 after that, so there shouldn't be any files missing from the OS X installation. Any other thoughts?
philippe99 - Jul 7, 2005 - 12:44 pm
Manually copying does not work with Unix system: you have to clone the disk to create a bootable backup/copy..because of tons of hidding files in Unix and the permissions rules:
(1) DiskUtility Restore function (strange name but when create a restore of your internal disk to an external empty volume, this is a backup)
(2) SuperDuper (shareware): http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
(3) CarbonCopyCloner (not for Tiger): http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Phil
(1) DiskUtility Restore function (strange name but when create a restore of your internal disk to an external empty volume, this is a backup)
(2) SuperDuper (shareware): http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
(3) CarbonCopyCloner (not for Tiger): http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Phil
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